Awning frame



June 1 1926.

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WILLIAM G. HOPKINS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

AWNING FRAME.

Application filed October 1, 1924. Serial No. 740,893.

My invention relates to a new and useful construction in awning frames and supports, particularly adapted for use in window and door frames, and it relates more particularly to a novel awning frame and support which may be mounted and demounted quickly and without the aid of any tools or other implements, and without the necessity of inserting or removing a large number of screws or screw eyes as is commonly the practice in mounting and demounting awnings of the usual construction known heretofore.

With the above ends in view my invention consists of a novel construction in awning frames and supports of the character stated, consisting of a vertical stationary awning frame having integral and continuous top and side members, supports secured to the upper horizontal portion of a window frame, onto which said stationary member may be hung in a removable manner, side hinge and locking members secured to the two sides of the window frame, adapted to receive and lock the side members of the stationary awning frame, and a movable U-shaped awning frame pivotally secured to said hinge members.

My invention further consists of novel locking and anchoring features embodied in said frame members whereby the same may be retained securely inthe mounted position.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since they will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists canbe variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limit ed to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an awning frame and support embodying my invention.

Figure 2 represents a front elevation of the same. i

Figure 3 represents a vertical section 0 line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 represents a perspective view on an enlarged scale, of one of the upper stationary frame supports or hangers.

Figure 5represents a perspective View on an enlarged scale, of one of the side hinge and locking members,

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the stationary awning, frame of my novel construction, being'usually in a vertical position and secured or attached to the window frame 2, while the movable or hinged awning frame 3, is pivotally secured to the window frame. The stationary awning frame 1 consists of the upper horizontal member 1 and the two side members '5 and 6 formed at right angles to the upper horizontal frame member 4, and preferably integral therewith. The window frame 2 is provided with supports or hangers 7 and hinge and locking members 8, secured to the upperhorizontal window frame member 9 and the vertical side window frame members 10, respectively, as shown particularly in Figures 2 and 3. These hangers 7 and locking and hinge members 8, preferably of some noncorroding metal, such as brass, or galvanized iron are secured in their respective positions on respective parts of the indow frame, by means of screws .or other fastening devices and may be left attached to the window frame permanently. The hangers 7, of which two ormore are used,

depending on the width of the windowframe, consists merely of a hook portion 11, a base 12 having holes 13 for the reception of the retaining screws, and an auxiliary base 14 at a right angle to the base 12, adapted to embrace a corner of the upper horizontal window frame member 9, as shown particularly in Figures 2 and 3. The lockingand hinge members 8, consist of a base 15 having holes 16 for the reception of retaining screws, and preferably an auxiliary base 17 as well, having similar holes, to embrace a corner of the side window frame members 10. A pivot or fulcrum pin 18 is secured rigidly and permanently to the base 15, while a locking projection 19 is preferably pressed out of the base 15 shown in Figure 5, at a right angle to said base.

The stationary or vertical awning frame 1 is provided, at the lower ends of its vertical members 5 and 6, with looking and anchoring devices 20, formed integral with said,

operating cord or rope of the awning may be wound, and secured.

The hinged or movable awning frame 3 consists of the central member 22, and the side members or legs 23, which legs are provided with hinge or pivot openings 24 adapted to receive the hinge or pivot pins 18. Thus to mount the two awning frames 1 and 3, the stationary or vertical awning frame 1 is hung onto the two or more upper supporting hooks 11 of the hangers 7, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, with the side members 5 and 6 extending downwardly, and inserting said side members 5 and 6 between the pivot pin 18 and the locking projection 19 on each of the locking and binge members 8, so as to. bring the horizontally bent portion 25 of said side frame members 5 and 6 underneath the pins 18, thereby locln'ng the-stationary awning frame 1 against any upward movement. The legs or side members 23 of the hinged or movable awning frame 3, are then brought together slightly and snapped on the hinge pins 18 as shown particularly in Figure 1. Finally, the cotter pins 26 are inserted into the cotter pin openings 27 in each of the pivot pins 18, and the cotter pins are spread slightly shown in Figure 1, thereby retaining said sidemembers or legs 23 of the movable or hinged awning frame 3, on said pivot pins 18, and also in, turn locking the side mem bers 5 and 6 of the stationary awning frame 1 between the base 15 of the locking and hinge members 8, and the corresponding legs 23 of the hinged awning frame 8.

The awning canvas 28 is sewed or looped onto the upper horizontal member a of the stationary awning frame 1, at one-end thereof, in any suitable manner, and is sewed onto the central member 22 of the; movable or hinged awning frame 3, near the lower endof said canvas 28, in any suitablemam nor, as shown particularly in Figure 3. Vi hen the awning canvas 28- isseeu-red to-the stationary and movable frames 1 and 3, re spectively, in the manner shown, and described, and-said awning frames are attached. to the supports or hangers 7 and locking and hinge members 8 asstated above, and as shown in the drawings, the awning is fully mounted and are ready for operation and use. The operating cord 29 is attached to the-central frame member 22 in any suitable manner, as indicated in dotted lines in F igure 1 and Figure 2, is then passed around upper loose pulleys, or other antifriction devices 30, carried by the upper horizontal frame member t of the stationary awning frame 1, and; then wound on and secured to either one of the two anchors 21 on the lower ends of the frame members 5 and: 6 pf the said stationary awning frame mem- In demounting, and removing the awn ings, as is customary in the fall, for the purpose of storing them away during the winter months, it is only necessary to remove the cotter pins 26 from the openings 27, and thereafter removing the hinged awn ing frame 3 from the two pivot or fulcrum pins 18, freeing the two ends of the vertical frame members 5 and 6 of the stationary awning frame 1, from between the locking projection 19 and the hinged pin 18, and finally raising said stationary awning frame 1 from the hooks 11, thereby detaching both frames and the canvas intact, from the window frame 2. Thus the entire awning may be demounted without the removal of any screws, screw eyes or other fastening means from the body of the window frame, which would leave unsightly ioles in the wood work, as has been common practice with awnings constructed heretofore.

Thus by my novel construction, I provide a novel quick mounting and demounting window awning, consisting of a stationary and a hinged frame, and an awning canvas secured to sait two frames permanently,

whereby said awning, including the frames, may be readily attached and secured to the window frame without the aid of screws or any tools, and whereby, moreover, the demounting and removal of said awning is greatly expedited, and leaves no openings in the wood work, which might mar the appearance of the same.

in order to facilitate the securing or anchoring of the operating cord 29 the anchors 21 are placed at an angle of about 15 to the plane of the stationary frame 1. Each of the side members 5 and 6 is guided with an anchor 21, as seen in Figure 1, so that the operating cord may be secured on either side of the window frame. It will also be noted that the upper central member 1 of the stationary frame 1 carries a, central and two side eyelets 31, permanently secured thereto, so that the operating cord may be guided to either side of the window frame, instead of extending across the centerof the window frame as is customary in awnings constructed heretofore.

In orderthat the ends of the vertical members 5 and 6 of the stationary frame 1, may be retained securely between the pivot pins 18 and the locking projections 19 oneach of the hinge and locking members 8, the ends of the side members23 of the movable frame 3, are curved downwardly as at 32, so as to retain the side member 5 and 6 in the locked position when said hinged frame is lowered, as well as when it is raised into the closed or inoperative position.

It will now be apparent. that I have devised a novel and useful awning frame which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will glve in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that such embodiment is susceptible of modification in various particulars Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a window awning, an upright stationary awning frame, a pivotally mounted movable awning frame, awning canvas secured to the two awning frames, hangers secured to the upper window frame member for supporting the upright stationary frame, locking hinge members secured to the side window frame members for detachably securing the stationary frame and for pivoting the movable frame.

2. A window awning, comprising an upright stationary awning frame of substantially U-shape having an upper frame memher and two side frame members extending downwardly, hangers secured to the upper window frame member for seating said stationary awning frame, a movable awning frame of substantially U-shape having pivot apertures near the ends of its limbs, and locking hinge members secured to the side window frame members for detachably securing the side members of said stationary frame and having fulcrum pins carried thereby for pivoting theapertured ends of the limbs of said movable frame.

3. A window awning, comprising an upright stationary awning frame of substantially U-shape, comprising an upper horizontal member and two upright limbs extending downwardly, hangers secured to the upper window frame member for seating said stationary awning frame, a movable awning frame of substantially U-shape having terminal pivot apertures near the ends of its limbs, locking hinge members secured to the side window frame members, adapted to lock the limbs of the stationary awning frame and having fulcrum pins rigidly carried thereby for pivotally supporting the apertured ends of said movable awning frame, and anti-friction cord guides carried by the upper horizontal member of said sta-- tionary awning frame.

4. A window awning comprising an upright U shaped. stationary awning frame member having an upper horizontal portion and downwardly extending limbs, a U shaped movable awning frame member having pivot apertures in the ends of its limbs, locking hinge members adapted to be secured to the side Window frame members having laterally extending locking projections and laterally projecting pivot pins, spaced therefrom, said locking hinge members being adapted to receive between the locking projections and the pivot pins thereof the respective limbs of the stationary awning frame member, said limbs being offset below said pivot pins so as to lock the same about said pivot pins, said pivot pins being adapted to receive the apertured ends of said movable awning frame member, and fastening means carried by said pivot pins to secure the limbs of the stationary awning frame member between said locking projections and pivot pins and to secure the movable awning frame member upon said pivot pins.

WILLIAM G. HOPKINS. 

